CONSTRUCTION OF ATTA MILLS MEMORIAL RESEARCH LIBRARY SUSPENDED

Kwamina Bamfo-Agyei

A visit to the construction site of Atta Mills Memorial Research Library in Cape Coast witnessed no construction activity at the site.

Central Press was not able to see anyone to speak to at the site. The project is at the lintel level and reinforcement bars for the beams were seen on the floor.

Official reasons have not been given why the suspension of the project for over four months.

Last year July 27 the President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama laid the foundation stone to begin the construction of the library.

President Mahama said the library when completed, will have a museum that will hold a collection of artifacts that tell the story of the life of the late President Mills and a research centre that will provide opportunities for researchers and scholars from all over the world to come to research into issues of governance. 

The project is being financed by four mobile telecommunication companies, and according to Mr. Kwame Pianim, Board Chiarman of Airtel Ghana, the industry owes a lot of gratitude to Ghanaians for their reception, hence their decision to honour the former President who sacrificed his life for all. The Library when completed will be affiliated to the University of Cape Coast.